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Photo from the Newark Evening News of demonstrators picketing outside of the Barringer High School construction site in 1963. Community leaders organized protests at the site over the lack of Black and Puerto Rican representation in the building and construction trades. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Position paper from the Newark Community Union Project (NCUP) regarding the civil rights organization’s “insurgent political action” during the 1966 campaign in Newark. Members of NCUP, an affiliate of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), had conflicting views about the organization’s involvement in electoral politics. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers

Clipping from an unmarked newspaper on March 8, 1955, reporting on Councilman Irvine Turner’s calls for Mayor Carlin to appoint an African American to the Newark Housing Authority. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Clipping from an unmarked newspaper on January 8, 1956, reporting on Councilman Irvine Turner’s call for a meeting with the Newark Police Director in response to unfair treatment in the Central Ward. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Clipping from an unmarked newspaper on February 28, 1956, reporting on Councilman Irvine Turner’s calls for a protest in Newark in solidarity with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. — Credit: Newark Public Library